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East of England Ambulance Service Trust continues recruitment drive
WORKFORCE East of England Ambulance Service Trust has held a series of graduate recruitment drive, the trust has announced.
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Taunton's nursing and governance director named
APPOINTMENT Taunton and Somerset Hospital Foundation Trust former director of operations Carol Dight has been appointed as the hospital’s new executive director of nursing and governance.
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Weston 'acts quickly' following CQC criticism
PERFORMANCE Weston Area Health Trust has “acted quickly” to review the quality of care in all wards following a visit by Care Quality Commission inspectors, the trust said in a statement.
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Yeovil announces partnership with Patients Association
A partnership between Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust and charity the Patients Association aims to providing patients and carers with a voice to improve health services.
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Hull consults on maternity strategy
NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group has launched a consultation on its new proposed maternity services strategy for the city for the next five years.
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Warning of risk of further delay to 111 in Sheffield
The latest performance board papers for Sheffield CCG warn of the risk of further delay to the launch of NHS 111 in Sheffield.
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw invests £7m in nursing capacity
SERVICE REORGANISATION Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust is investing £7m in additional nursing and bed capacity over the next year.
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Leeds benefits from pioneering radiotherapy machines
SERVICE DESIGN The Leeds Cancer Centre at St James’s University Hospital set to be one of the first in the world to benefit from two revolutionary new radiotherapy treatment machines.
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Leeds chair awarded CBE
WORKFORCE The chair of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Linda Pollard, has been awarded the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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New care model introduced at Berwick maternity unit
STRUCTURE: Low-risk pregnant women will once again be able to give birth at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Berwick Maternity Unit from 1 July 2013.
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HSJ Live: 3.7.2013 Jennifer Dixon to lead the Health Foundation
Nuffield Trust chief executive Jennifer Dixon leaves to take on top job at the Health Foundation
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Hunt considering legislation over regulation of provider mergers
The health secretary is concerned about the role of national competition regulators in relation to NHS provider mergers, and could legislate to change their role, he has said.
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Trusts urged to reduce elective activity during junior doctor transition
Hospitals have been urged to consider further reducing elective activity during the junior doctor changeover in August to help tackle a spike in mortality rates.
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Councils in reconfiguration spat
STRUCTURE: A local authority is to seek a judicial review to prevent a minor injuries unit being moved into a neighbouring council’s area.
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NHS England plans stricter guidelines on consultant data
NHS England faces running into further consultant opposition after it emerged it wants to impose stricter publishing guidelines on royal colleges for next year’s consultant performance data.
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CCGs could get two year allocations
NHS England is considering giving clinical commissioning groups two year allocations from 2014-15, to enable them to transform services and plan efficiency gains over a period of more than a single year, HSJ has learned.
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DH considers legislation to ease information difficulties
The Department of Health is considering changing the law to give trusts power to use patient identifiable data for uses not directly relating to patient care, HSJ has discovered.
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MPs attack 'missed opportunity' of consultants contract
NHS hospital consultants are being poorly managed and their 2003 contract was a “missed opportunity” which delivered poor value for money, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
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DH sets out new social care entitlement rules
Councils will have to provide social care services to all residents whose needs meet a nationally-set threshold, under plans published by the Department of Health.